Rockstar Book Tours is hosting a month long book tour for this epic novel by Arwen Elys Dayton.
Author: Arwen
Elys Dayton
Pub.
Date: December 4, 2018
Publisher: Delacorte
Press
Formats: Hardcover,
eBook, audiobook
Pages: 384
Summary: For fans of
television shows Black Mirror and Westworld, this
compelling, mind-bending novel is a twisted look into the future, exploring how
far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimen and what it
means to be human at all.
Set in our world, spanning the near to distant futures, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a novel made up of six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of "human."
This extraordinary work explores the amazing possibilities of genetic manipulation and life extension, as well as the ethical quandaries that will arise with these advances. The results range from the heavenly to the monstrous. Deeply thoughtful, poignant, horrifying, and action-packed, Arwen Elys Dayton's Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is groundbreaking in both form and substance.
PRAISE FOR STRONGER, FASTER, AND MORE BEAUTIFUL
“Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful will send shivers down your spine.” —Teen Vogue
“Powerful,
poignant, and action-packed, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is
an exciting sci-fi adventure firmly rooted in the realities of our present day
that fans of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies
series will love.” —Bustle
★
“Part cautionary tale and part ode to the inventive human spirit, Dayton’s brilliant collection of stories is
best described as a scientific Twilight
Zone.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred
★
“Compelling and terrifying, this volume is science
fiction at its finest.”
—School Library Journal, Starred
★
“This speculative, thought-provoking novel
will take readers on a frightening, remarkable journey through humanity’s past,
present, and possible future.” —Booklist, Starred
★
“Imaginative and incisive.” —Kirkus
Reviews, Starred
“An
alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human
and how far we’ll go in pursuit of personal and societal ‘perfection.’ Dayton’s newest is imagination at its best
and most terrifying. I devoured this book.” —Kiersten White, New York
Times bestselling author of And I
Darken
“A work of unforgettable vision and
imagination. This book is everything I love about science fiction.”
—Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Illuminae Files
“Haunting, challenging and provocative—this
is an extraordinary book. I can’t stop thinking about it.”
—Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Illuminae Files
“A deep and suddenly necessary exploration
of the beautiful and terrible futures we face.
Every story leaves you desperate for more.”
—Hank Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Every story leaves you desperate for more.”
—Hank Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a remarkable book, visionary and very hard
to put down.”
—Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Between the Stars
“Stronger,
Faster, and More Beautiful—fast-paced,
tightly plotted, and engaging from the first page—puts a human face on the prosperity or catastrophe that is waiting just
around the corner.”
—David
Friedberg, founder of
Climate Corporation
“Arwen Elys Dayton explores the next era of humanity with
astonishing heart.”
—Peter
H. Diamandis, MD, founder of
XPRIZE and Singularity University and author of the New York Times bestsellers Abundance
and Bold
Review: One of my new favorite science fiction dystopian thriller novels. At first I didn't like how one story ended and another began. I didn't want to see the connection. I thought of it as a short story collection. It is 6 interwoven stories of how the world is genetically modifying their selves to become smarter, faster and prettier. They are mixing human DNA with animal DNA. Besides that plot line, all 6 individuals that the stories surround all have one person who they have heard of and believe he is the cause of it all. Reverend Tad Tadd. He is a bible thumper at first and then he sees the "light" and becomes the "leader or the God" of genetically modified peoples.
It is a great mix of religion and science and how the two will always be fighting and how if we do end up finding cures to incurable diseases or modifying our bodies, well the world will probably go to shit!
About Arwen:
ARWEN ELYS DAYTON is the author of the Seeker series—Seeker,
Traveler, and Disruptor and the e-novella The Young Dread—and the
science-fiction thriller Resurrection. Arwen lives with her husband and their
three children on the West Coast of the United States. You can visit her at
arwendayton.com and follow @arwenelysdayton on Twitter and Instagram.
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive finished copies of STRONGER, FASTER,
AND MORE BEAUTIFUL, US only.
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Tour Schedule:
Week
One:
12/3/2018- Kait Plus Books- Review
12/4/2018- Novel Novice- Excerpt
12/5/2018- Rhythmicbooktrovert- Review
12/6/2018- Sifa Elizabeth
Writes- Review
12/7/2018- The Pages In-Between-
Review
Week
Two:
12/10/2018- Dani Reviews Things- Review
12/11/2018- Book-Keeping- Review
12/12/2018- A Dream Within A
Dream- Review
12/13/2018- Here's to Happy
Endings- Review
12/14/2018- Rainy Day Reviews- Excerpt
Week
Three:
12/17/2018- A Gingerly Review- Review
12/18/2018- Always Me - Review
12/19/2018- Sincerely Karen Jo Blog- Excerpt
12/20/2018- Devouring
Books- Review
12/21/2018- BookHounds YA- Review
Week
Four:
12/24/2018- My Books-My World- Excerpt
12/25/2018- Books of Teacups- Review
12/26/2018- Lifestyle of Me- Review
12/27/2018- Wishful Endings- Excerpt
12/28/2018- Eli to the nth- Review
Week
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12/31/2018- Oh Hey! Books.- Review
